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What Causes Pain In Arm During Indigestion?

Is it normal for indigestion to be accompanied with pain in the right arm. (The pain is localized to the bicep and does not radiate.) I am a 16 year old male and whenever I drink a soda too fast I get stomach pain which is normal for that but I also get the afformentioned arm pain which seems a bit odd. It lasts about 5-20 minutes usually.
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood your concerns.
It is not at all common for indigestion to be accompanied by pain in the right arm in the biceps region.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Stop drinking Soda as it is causing you pain in abdomen.
Take a PPI like Omeprazole so that anything related to hyperacidity will be controlled.
Go for Upper GI Endoscopy so that a proper diagnosis can be done.
If needed, take antacids too particularly when on empty stomach.
Pain in the biceps on right side on drinking Soda is not possible to be explained but the most probable diagnosis can be esophagitis that causes reflex pain in the neck causing muscles to go into spasm and thus right biceps pain.
Another possibility is that right biceps already has a focus of inflammation that can be enhanced by something in Soda that you are taking. Get examined for the right biceps, get high resolution ultrasonography and color doppler of the affected area so that a proper diagnosis can be made and treated.
It is better to rule out sarcoma in such a case.
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What Causes Pain In Arm During Indigestion?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood your concerns. It is not at all common for indigestion to be accompanied by pain in the right arm in the biceps region. I would advise you the following in such a situation: Stop drinking Soda as it is causing you pain in abdomen. Take a PPI like Omeprazole so that anything related to hyperacidity will be controlled. Go for Upper GI Endoscopy so that a proper diagnosis can be done. If needed, take antacids too particularly when on empty stomach. Pain in the biceps on right side on drinking Soda is not possible to be explained but the most probable diagnosis can be esophagitis that causes reflex pain in the neck causing muscles to go into spasm and thus right biceps pain. Another possibility is that right biceps already has a focus of inflammation that can be enhanced by something in Soda that you are taking. Get examined for the right biceps, get high resolution ultrasonography and color doppler of the affected area so that a proper diagnosis can be made and treated. It is better to rule out sarcoma in such a case.